Garment-display holder



July 9, 1929. SCHWARTZMAN 1.720.295

GARMENT DI SPLAY HOLDER Filed Sept. 8, 1928 4 m INVENTOR WITNESS;%ATTORNEY atented .luly 9, 1929.

STATES PATENT oF ic GARMENT-DISPLAY HOLDER.

Application filed September a, 1928. Serial No. 304,695.

This invention relates to improvements in garment display holders andhas particular reference to a holder for attachment to the back of adress or the like for shaping the same when hung upon a garment hangerfor display purposes for bringing out the stylish lines of the garment.

lit has been the practice heretofore to take in the waist line of adress to cause the same to hang properly while on display by folding thesides of the garment rearwardly and holding them in such position by ashort length of thread or cord, but this means requires the passing of aneedle through the material and if the dress is a delicate one, the samemay prove damaging. Furthermore, this practice requires time and laborto apply the tie thread or cord and to cut the same when the dress issold to a customer. It is therefore the primary object of this inventionto provide a holder which may be quickly applied and removed from adress without injuring the material, and which may be taken from onegarment and used on another.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a garment holderwhich is simple in construction, and inexpensive of manufacture asitincludes but a single length of elastic with snap hooks on opposite endsthereof.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certainnovel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, theessential features of which are hereinafter fully described, areparticularly pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in

which Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a ladys dress showing my holderdevice thereon.

Figure 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view therethrough on theline 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the holder per se.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the numeral 10designates my improved holder device in its entirety which in cludes asingle length of elastic cord 11, webbing or the like, to the oppositeends of which I connect fastening elements 12. Both of the elements 12are of identical construction so that a description of one will sufiicefor the other.

Each fastening element 12 comprises a single piece of flat resilientmetal bent between its ends to provide an attaching eye 13 while one of1ts extremities is bent into a hook 14, the bill of which terminates inan out-turned 11p 15. The other extremity constitutes a spr ng tongue16, the outward flexing of which is limited by reason of the end of thesame striking the bill of the hook. The spring tongue normally closesthe open mouth of the hook but the same may be manually depressed toadmit the part to be held thereby.

The fastening elements 12 are attached to the ends of the elastic bylooping the same through the attaching eyes 13 and tying the same.

Tn use, the holder is applied to the back of a dress as shown in Figure1 of the drawing, and is attached thereto by folding the sides of thedress rearwardly approximately at the waist-line which reduces the widthof the garment when looking from the front and which imparts a naturalhang to the garment to effectively set off the stylish lines.

The fastening elements 12 are engaged to the edges of the backwardfolded portions with the elastic 11 bridging the space therebetween. Therounded lips 15 prevent possible cutting or marring of the dressmaterial which is clamped thereagainst by the spring tongue 16. Theelastic will adapt itself to the size of the garment and permit of thenatural hang of the same. The device will be found most useful in ladiesdress shops and wherever dresses are hung for display purposes, as thesame will not injure the dress such as caused by the present practice ofpassing pins and needles therethrough to produce a like effect.

When a dress is tried on by a customer, the holder may be readilyremoved and replaced when necessary, or if the dress is sold the holdermay be used upon other garments. This attachment and removal of theholder may be quickly effected without the labor and expense heretoforeresorted to.

While I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodimentof my invention, it is obvious that many of the details may be variedwithout in any way departing from the spirit of my invention, and Itherefore do not limit myself to the exact details of constructionherein set forth nor to anything less than the whole of my inventionlimited only by the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is A garment display holder comprising an elasticelement having its ends secured in ed to prevent casual removal of thelooped looped formation a snap hook for each end end therefrom, a hookportion having a loop of said flexil le element for detachable roundedbill and a locking tongue normally 10 connection with the sides of aarment for engageable with said bil 5 takin in the width thereof, eac 1snap hook In testimony whereof I have afiixed my siginclu mg anattaching eye detachably renature. ceiving its looped end, said eyebeing restrict- HARRY SCHWARTZMAN.

